Rosary in pictures



Oct. 29, 1929. c KELLY 1,733,376

ROSARY IN PICTURES Filed Aug. 4, 1928' 2 Sheets-5heet l 'IIIIIIIA Fly 7 lays F199 F1910 l/V VENTOR Patented Oct. 29, 1929 PATENT OFFICE CHARLES LAURANGE KELLY, OF LDS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ROSABY IN PICTURES Application filed August 4, 1928.

In this specification, and the accompanying drawings, I shall show and describe a pre ferred form of my invention, and specifically mention certain of its more important objects.

I do not limit myself to the forms disclosed, since various changes and adaptations may be made therein without departing from the essence of my invention as hereinafter claimed; and objects and advantages, other than those specifically mentioned, are included within its scope.

My invention relates to the rosary, a means for counting prayers, and in particular to a rosary wherein one may vividly realize through a portrayal of moving pictures the sequence of prayers thereby being filled with more fervent love, more profound gratitude and more earnest contrition. 1

Through itsuse and companionship, one

may be enabled to manifest a firmer belief in the principal truths of his religion and will be inspired by a spirit of earnest devotion to multiply the recitation of his prayers over and over again.

It will propagate the devotion of the rosary, aid in meditation, excite good thoughts, and through contact therewith one may advance more rapidly in virtue.

Suffice it to say all its objects inculcate that 39 which is true and beautiful.-

The foregoing are a number of recited purposes or objects to which the invention appertains, other objects will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

My objects are attained in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 2 is transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. I

Fig. t is a longitudinal vertical cross-section taken on the line t-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Figures 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are perspective views of the working parts, the assembly of which are shown in cross-section in Fig. 3.

Figures 11, 12, 13, 1d and 15 are segmental Serial No. 297,404.

portions of the tape or ribbon which when combined form the interpretation of the rosary in moving pictures.

The act of repeating prayers is a very ancient custom. It is a natural act of man, especially when he is inspired by a spirit of earnest devotion. WVhether it be for favors received or offering petitions to God one finds the repetition of prayer satisfies his religious instincts.

Therefore the resolution of saying a number of prayers daily suggests itself and hence some counting device as the rosary.

The mere repetition of prayer without meditation becomes monotonous. With a rosary of mere beads one cannot say the rosary devoutly, and it is so long one becomes distracted. In my new invention the symbols or moving pictures incite one as they move into and out of view promoting meditation. T-oo, one visualizes the sufferings and the animations so essential to meditation and which is so necessary to gain special indulgences, which spiritual benefit is also attached to the rosary.

Referring now particularly to the accompanying drawings, my improved device comprises a casing" 1, rectangularly shaped, consisting of two portions, a body portion 2 and a cover portion 3. When the two portions are united they simulate a book upon which is inlaid a cross 1 as shown in Fig. 1.

Within the body portion are housed the working parts of the device. The working parts are shown assembled in the various sec- 85 tional views Figs. 2, 3, a and 5 and the interior parts illustrated in Fig. 3 are further perspectively shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The latter combination consists of a reel 4- upon which to wind the tape later to be described, a screw 5, a spring 6, a shaft 7 and a dog 8.

The dog 8 is reciprocably or slidably mounted in the shaft 7 the ears 8 and 8 of said dog occupying the slotted portions 7 and 7 of said shaft, that portion of the dog designated as 8 protruding slightly beyond the side of the casing 1 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This protrusion is to enable disengagement of the Clog ears with .the ratchet, a description of which operation will follow later.

The screw 5 is screwed through the cover portion 3 and then into the slotted end of the shaft 7 to hold the latter rigidly in place,

that end of said shaft being threaded for that purpose. .Obviously the screw 5 could be omitted if the shaft 7 were made integral or fastened to the body portion 2.

The assembl of said parts further include the spring 6 w iich is placed between the end of the screw 5 and the head of the dog 8 and occupies the remainder of the space in the hollow portion of the shaft 7 between said parts, its function being to keep the ratchet and dog engaged until the latter is manually disengaged.

The reel 4 is provided with an internal recessed ratchet 4 a knurled flanged portion 4 which slightly projects beyond a slot 3 in the cover portion 3 of the casing 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and which is manually rotatable in a counter-clockwise direction whereby to feed the tape on the reel.

The reel 4 is still further provided with a slit 4 in which to engage the tape, and has a bore 4 whereby it is mountable upon the shaft 7.

l/Vithin aforesaid body portion 2 and in juxtaposition with the reel which carries a tape is a spiral spring housing 9 in which is mounted a spiral spring 10.

A screw 11 serves the. double purpose of a shaft for the housing 9 and means for screwing the cover portion 3 to the body portion 2 forming the casing 1. Onto the spring housing 9 is mounted the tape 12 and it is wound thereabout. The exposed end of the tape 12 is fastened to the slit 4 in the reel and the inner end of the tape 12 is fastened to a slit 19 in the spring .housing.

A window 13 is provided in the body portion 2 so that each moving picture may be individually exposed to view and is construoted by cutting slots 2 and 2 in the body portion and feeding the tape through said slots as shown in Fig. 4.

The tape 12 upon which will be delineated the rosary in moving pictures is illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13', 14 and 15. It consists of a continuous strip consisting of a series of delineations and in the preferred form shown has a slot 12 and 12 at either end to fasten it to the reel 4 and spring housing 9 respectively.

There is a blank space 12 and 12 adjacent each end portion 12 and 12 so that when 7 the tape is as its extremity on the reel or the spring housing either the Apostles Creed 12 or the end 12 will be exposed in the window 13.

r The rosary strictly speaking, consists of fifteen decades of which five only need be said on any one day. The manner of re 7 citing it varies somewhat in different'countries. Here it is customary to begin with the Apostles Creed, an Our Father, three Hail Marys and a Glory be to the Father, followed by the five decades in order with their mysteries and with the Hail, Holy Queen at the end.

The latter manner of reciting the rosary has been adopted in the present invention and upon reference to the drawing thereof will show delineated at thebeginning, the Apostles Creed 12 next Our Father, and then three Hail Marys and a Glory be tothe Father. In the three Hail Marys, the first one is shown in a full delineation while the remainder in order to avoid repetition here are left-blank.

Then follow the five decades in order consisting of Our Father and ten Hail Marys, nine of the Hail Marys here being left blank to save repetition. The numbers '1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 below each delineation indicates its respective decade.

The tape is continuous throughout but it is shown broken in the drawing to contract the view.

The delineations may be placed in any suitable field or background and is mounted within the casing as shown in Fig. 4.

Referring now to the latter view, it will be seen there are two axes about which the tape is wound, the axis of the reel and the axis of the housing.

In the position shown letit be considered the tape has been advanced to the Glory be to the Father to be followed by the first decade. This delineation will also be seen in the window 13 by reference to Fig. 1.

To advance the tape on the reel, the thumb is pressed on the knurled portion of the ratchet wheel 4 shown in the latter figure and the wheel is rotated at distance equal to the exposed periphery shown in said view, thus advancing the next delineation into full view in the window. The ratchet 4 and the dog 8 must be so spaced as to accurately produce the exposure of the different delineations in consecutive order. 7.

At the end of the decades upon pressing the end 8 of the dog, thus releasing the ears 8 and 8 from the teeth of the ratchet 4 and compressing the spring 6 the spiral spring 10 will automatically rewind the tape on the spring housing 9, whereupon releasing the pressure on the end 8 of the dog the spring reseats the dog in mesh with the ratchet and dow in consecutive orderly alinement the separate delineations comprising the group, said means comprising a rotatable reel, a rotatable drum, said group of delineations being adapted to be wound from saiddrum lit) on to said reel and vice versa, a spring for said drum which opposes the winding of said group of delineations on to said reel, said casing providing a housing for said reel and drum whereby they are supported to rotate in the same plane, said reel having a hollow shaft with ratchet teeth therein, and a spring pressed dog cooperating with said ratchet teeth and manually releasable from the exterior of said casing.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel and a spring housing mounted for opposite rotation in said casing, a tape car ried by said reel and said spring housing, which is adapted to be wound upon said reel and unwound therefrom, a retractile spring mounted in said spring housing, said spring tending automatically to unwind said tape from said reel and also opposing the winding of said tape upon said reel, said reel having a hollow shaft with ratchet teeth therein, a spring pressed dog cooperating with said ratchet teeth and manually releasable from the exterior of said casing, said tape comprising a plurality of group delineations, a window in the casing, and means to display in said window in consecutive orderly alinement the various delineations comprising saic. roup.

3. In a device of the class described, a rotatable reel, a rotatable drum, a tape adapted to be wound from said drum on to said reel and vice versa, a spring for said drum which opposes the winding of said tape onto said reel, a housing for said reel and drum whereby they are supported to rotate in the same plane, said reel having a hollow shaft wi l1 ratchet teeth therein, and a spring pressed dog cooperating with said ratchet teeth and manually releasable from the exterior of said casing.

in a device of the class described, a sing, a reel mounted within said casing l provided with means for manual rotan,

an tio a tape adapted to be wound upon said reel and unwound therefrom, neans tending automatically to unwindsaid tape from said reel and also opposing the winding of said tape upon sair reel, said reel comprising a l ollow shaft having a series of circumferentially arranged ratchet teeth formed therewithin, a T-shaped member having a head which forms a double dog to engage said ratchet teeth and a stem the end of which is manually accessible to release said dog, a spring normally holding said dog in the operative position, and a fixed tubular member having notches wherein the head of said dog is seated and within which it is adapted to be manually moved against the opposition of said spring to release said reel.

5. in a device of the class described, a reel, a tape connected therewith, said reel being manually rotatable to wind said tape thereon means tending to unwind said tape from 2 said reel, said reel comprising a hollow shaft having an internal annular shoulder provided with a series of ratchet teeth the points of which are directed toward one end of said shaft, a fixed tubular member within said shaft, said tubular member having oppositely disposed slots in an end thereof, a two-part dog adapted to engage the aforementioned ratchet teeth, said dog being held against rotation within said slots and being slidable along said slots from operative to non-open ative position with relation to said ratchet teeth, and a spring tending to hold said dog into engagement with said ratchet teeth, said dog being manually disengageable from said ratchet teeth against the opposition of said spring.

6. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel a segment of which is exposed through the wall of said casing to permit manual rotation of said reel, a Window in said casing and a tape winding upon said reel and inscribed with matter to be observed through said window, the length of said window alfording exposure for a length of said tape equal to the movement of the said tape caused by stroking a finger across the exposed segmental portion of the reel from one end to the other of said exposed segment, said reel comprising a hollow shaft having a series of circumferentially arranged ratchet teeth formed therewithin, a T-shaped member having a head which forms a double dog to engage said ratchet teeth and a stem the end of which is manually accessible to release said dog, a spring normally holding said dog in the operative position, and a fixed tubular member having notches wherein the head of said dog is seated and within which it is adapted to be manually moved against the opposition of said spring to release said reel.

7. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel having a segment exposed through the wall of said casing, a tape windable upon said reel, said tape having a series of segments individually inscribed with a pictorial representation, the length of which is substantially equal to the rectilineal movement of said tape caused by advancing the periphery of the reel a distance equal to the length of its exposed segment, and a window in said casing through which each pictorial representation may be fully exposed to view, means tending automatically to unwind said tape from said reel, said reel comprising a hollow shaft having an internal annular shoulder provided with a series of ratchet teeth the points of which are directed toward the end of said shaft, a fixed tubular member within said shaft, said tubular member having oppositely disposed slots in an end thereof, a two-part dog adapted to engage the aforementioned ratchet teeth, said dog being held against rotation Within said slots and being slidable along said slots from operative to non-operative position with relation to said ratchet teeth, and a spring tending to hold said dog into engagement with said ratchet teeth, said dog being manually disengageable from said ratchet teeth against the opposition of said spring.

CHARLES LAURANCE KELLY. 

